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Author: Kerstin Hagge, Alfred Puchta
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Author: Lizzie Williams, Fran Kellet
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Cool Hotels Africa/Middle East showcases a comprehensive selection of cutting-edge hotels that embody the best in contemporary hotel design. This useful flexicover guide is extensively illustrated with approximately 400 color photographs, highlighting the interiors and exteriors of these striking accommodations. This overview includes designs from Enrico Daffonchio, Peter Matkovitch and Ed Tuttle in locations as diverse as South Africa, Kenya, Mauritius and Morocco. ? An extensive compilation of the most contemporary hotels in Africa and the Middle East ? Illustrations and text provide useful information to both design professionals and travelers

Paperback: 399 pages
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This digital document is an article from Airguide Online, published by Pyramid Media Group, Inc on March 30, 2009. The length of the article is 373 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa Africa / Middle East.
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Airguide Online (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 30, 2009
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South Africa Essential Guide is pocket-size and packed with vivid photographs, color maps, insider tips and detailed descriptions - everything travelers need for a successful trip. Travel experts who have been there and done it all tell where to stay, dine, shop, be entertained, and take the children. The In the Know section steers visitors with limited time to the best places to experience local flavor, while user-friendly maps and lots of practical information about currency, transportation, language, and the like assist with day-to-day maneuvering. From the big-picture to the author's pick of the top 10 points of interest, these guides truly capture the essence of a locale.

Author: AAA
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Experience the best of East Africa with Lonely Planet. Our 8th edition will take you from the wet and wild activities at the source of the Nile, to wildlife watching in the Serengeti. You'll trek past the equatorial glaciers of Mt Kenya and relax on picture-perfect beaches in the Zanzibar Archipelago.

Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.

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Author: Mary Fitzpatrick, Tim Bewer, Matthew Firestone
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South Africa Chic is the authoritative guide to this magnificent country?s most luxurious city hotels, rambling safari lodges and rustic country inns. The properties featured have been chosen for their individual, original style and chic allure.

Author: Sally Roper
Paperback: 232 pages
Company: Didier Millet,Csi (2005-04-01)
ISBN: 9814155292
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Hospitality is the world's fastest growing industry, and business—and pleasure travelers are demanding more diverse hotels, resorts and leisure-time amenities around the globe.

This book explores the latest trends in hotel planning and design, capturing the vast range of today's most imaginative creations, from tower-high guestrooms to lavish desert villas to exotic resorts nestled by tropical-island waters. It outlines the essential criteria architects and designers must meet when planning for a wide variety of hotel types, and presents the most up-to-date technical information as well as detailed illustrations, photographs, and original plans. Highlighting the key concepts behind emerging trends and how each designer's vision fits into the development of the industry as a whole, the authors equip today's developer, architect, designer, and hotel executive with a comprehensive and practical guide to the world of hospitality design. 60 color photos / 200 b+w photos and line drawings

Author: Walter A. Rutes, Richard H. Penner, Lawrence Adams
Hardcover: 468 pages
Company: W. W. Norton & Company (2001-07-15)
ISBN: 0393730557
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A businessman is in town for a few days to attend a conference. He goes out for drinks with a potential new client and comes back to his hotel room quite drunk, quickly falling asleep. When he wakes in the morning he takes a shower, and then hears a strange sound - the maid is cleaning his room and discovers the porn movie he had been watching the night before. To his surprise, instead of leaving she lies back on the bed and starts to masturbate as he watches from the bathroom door. The fun really starts when he confronts her...
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Excerpt: "My cock had grown to a giant hard on in a matter of seconds. She hadn't even noticed that I was watching her merely a few feet away. I opened up the gap in my towel and poked my dick through, unashamedly jerking it as I watched her pleasuring herself. She was gently squeezing her left breast as her other hand worked away inside her knickers. The sight of her panties being parted away from her skin briefly as her hand moved around inside was making me extremely horny. Her feet were just tapping the floor as she thrust her hips tenderly forward. She slowly raised her head looked lustfully towards the TV for another glimpse of explicit sex, when she suddenly noticed me stood there. She gasped and quickly stumbled to her feet, patting her uniform down and apologising "Oh my God, I'm so sorry!". I moved towards her, my cock now barely concealed behind my towel. "There's no need to apologise" I said, "You don't have to stop". I sat on the bed exactly where she had been and patted the spot next to me. She grinned a little and tried to act responsibly, stating "I should go", clearly fighting the urge to sit on the bed. I flapped my towel open to reveal my huge cock as it sprang up towards her. Her eyes lit up and she tried to speak, but no words came out. I stroked my hand up and down the shaft, fixing my gaze on her to study her reaction. She was clearly gagging for it, and after a few seconds of deliberation she finally sat down, and without even asking she took hold of my cock and jerked it. She squeezed it firmly in her hand and leaned in to kiss my moist, warm body. Her plump lips pressed against my chest in different places as she planted huge lipstick marks all over my skin."




Author: Kelly Sanders
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There are three simple rules at the Hotel Bentmoore. All communication between host and guest must go through the liaison; hotel staff (excluding hosts) must address all guests as “Sir” or “Ma’am” at all times; and no guests may leave their activity room until the host allows it.

The Hotel Bentmoore. Where anonymity, secrecy, and above all else, ultimate carnal pleasure, are guaranteed.

Story #4: Elizabeth, a young, beautiful, and wealthy socialite, is quickly becoming a hoyden, too much for her parents to deal with. It falls upon her host, Mr. Shern, to take her in hand and apply some heavy discipline. But he must get her to submit if she is to regain any control over her life.

Warning: Short Story, containing BDSM and spanking.

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Author: Shelby Cross
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Casino Hotels in the US

Playing the cards right

During the recession, casino hotels experienced slowed demand and revenue as consumers reduced spending on traveling and gambling. While this trend is expected to reverse as the economy recovers, players will experience increased competition from international casinos, online gaming and other gaming venues. Still, a wider acceptance of gambling will fuel the industry's recovery into the next five years.

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing short-term lodging in hotel facilities with a casino on the premises. The casino on premises includes table wagering games and may include other gambling activities, such as slot machines and sports betting. These establishments generally offer a range of services and amenities, such as food and beverage services, entertainment, valet parking, swimming pools and conference and convention facilities.

This report covers the scope, size, disposition and growth of the industry including the key sensitivities and success factors. Also included are five year industry forecasts, growth rates and an analysis of the industry key players and their market shares.

Author: IBISWorld
Digital: 33 pages Download: PDF
Company: MarketResearch.com (2011-09-07) (2011-09-07)
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Sex, sex, and afterlife sex!

For the first time ever, two of the erotica genres hottest new authors team up to bring you a unique series that is sure to make you explode!

When newlywed wife Madison accidently kills her husband in a fit of BDSM sex, she offs herself after not being able to stand the guilt. The two become ghosts, cursed to linger in the hotel where the shocking incident happened, forced to watch others have something they can never have…hardcore explicit sex!

After stumbling on former FBI agent Griggs and his young tight escort getting it on though, with the help of a medium the recently deceased learn that there's more to the afterlife than rattling chains and scaring the guests, as their new adventure begins in ways they never thought possible.

Hardcore Hotel combines explicit adult action, paranormal romance, and hardcore fun to please everyone in an ongoing series of adventures like only Kelly Haven, Rachel Boleyn, and Sweet Nothings can do!

Features excerpts from Barely Legal Babysitters: Daddy's Little Girl by Kelly Haven, and Bad Bikers: Daddy's Girl by Rachel Boleyn.


Author: Rachel Boleyn, Kelly Haven
Kindle Edition: 25 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Sweet Nothings (2011-07-06) (2011-07-06)
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There are three simple rules at the Hotel Bentmoore. All communication between host and guest must go through the liaison; hotel staff (excluding hosts) must address guests as “Sir” or “Ma’am” at all times; and no guests may leave their activity room until the host allows it.

The Hotel Bentmoore. Where anonymity, secrecy, and above all else, ultimate carnal pleasure, are guaranteed.

Tale #1: Alice has come to the Hotel Bentmoore to celebrate, and can think of no one better to celebrate with than her long-time host, Mr. Sinclaire. Mr. Sinclaire knows how to bend Alice to his will, and fulfill her darker pleasures. But Mr. Sinclaire also has a new toy he’s been waiting to try, and he can’t think of anyone better to try it out on than Alice….

Warning: Short story, containing heavy BDSM and spanking.

Cover Artist: Glendon Haddix at streetlightgraphics.com
Formatting by: Rob Siders at 52novels.com


Author: Shelby Cross
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Company: (2011-03-13) (2011-03-13)
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Today’s marketplace demands that every General Manager must go far beyond general management of their property. GM’s must not only participate in the sales efforts of their property but provide the hotel staff with sales leadership as well. More than ever before, the market is saturated with hotel choices for your customers and they have more than enough information at their fingertips to determine their selection.

Keep in mind the #1 rule for selling to consumers: People buy benefits not features.” We must reverse decades of creating customer feature frustration: “Our hotel has 132 rooms with ironing boards and irons, a hair dryer and free continental breakfast.” Features never were what our guests were looking for from our properties. They have always been looking for the benefits. Benefits are the emotional, physical, conscious and unconscious needs and wants of the customer, his company, his family, their group. When you as GM and all of your employees can comfortably talk about how the features of your property benefit your guests, your collective efforts will be reflected in the bottom line.

Rule #2: “Nothing good happens for your customer until an employee makes it happen.” The 21st century demands that you and all of your employees understand the importance of their contribution to your property’s sales success. Most of the paper marketing pieces we depended on in the past have been rendered useless by social marketing. Today “word of mouth” is consistently the most effective form of advertising. With today’s social networks, your customers can let hundreds, maybe thousands know in an instant how they feel about your hotel. And if that message is unpleasant, that message is very difficult to erase. Good service is whatever the customer says it is. In today’s marketplace, the entire staff is responsible for your hotel’s sales success.


Author: Victoria Dunn
Kindle Edition: 9 pages Kindle eBook
Company: www.discovernewrevenue.com (2011-03-12) (2011-03-12)
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How To Become A Perfect General Manager. HOSPITALITY, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, FOOD. 4th Edition.


The book includes:
1.Techniques and strategies to succeed in the restaurant, hotel and food business.
2.Probing Quality In Hospitality.
3.The personality and leadership quality of the GM.
4.The Step By Step Guide To Excellent Guest Service.
5.The GM Assessment formulaire.
6.Hospitality protocol and etiquette. The dos and don’ts.
7.Excellence standards for the wait staff.
8.How good a boss are you?
9.Employees Fear Syndrome.
10.Hospitality Leadership.
11.The World’s Best Establishments in Food, Guest Service, and Hospitality.
12.The In-House Talent Search. How to discover the best employees.
13.Quality in “Immediate Service” or Immediate Service Contact (ISC).
14. Hospitality Quality Standards: Corporate versus Autonomy and Personal Initiatives.
15.The Step By Step Guide To Excellent Guest Service.
16.Basic social manners.
17.Serving wine.
18.Basic Tables Set-Up.
19.Restaurant Floor Manager Responsibilities and Duties.
20.Make your Wait Staff look good!
21.List of guests’ complaints.
22. The World’s best in Food, Guest Service, and Hospitality.
23.Best culinary schools and institutes in the United States.
24.America’s outstanding chefs.
25.The 50 best restaurants in the world.
26.Best restaurants in France.
27.The very best restaurants in America.
28.World's Best Food Shops.
29.The World's Best Hotels, Resorts and Spas.
30.The World's Best Wine


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Author: Maximillien de Lafayette
Kindle Edition: 127 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Times Square Press. AHI (2011-04-24) (2011-04-24)
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ZAGAT 2009 Top US Hotels, Resorts & Spas rates and reviews more than 850 of the foremost hotels, resorts and spas nationwide. Candid, no-punches-pulled appraisals are based on the opinions of the people who know best: nearly 8,000 fellow travellers who have been to these places and are happy to share their unbiased reports on what they found. Over 8,000 people have participated in this survey. The average participant spends approximately thirty-one nights per year in hotels basing this survey on 240,000 hotel room nights per year, or 660 visits per night. The participants are equally divided between men and women with 41% in the 20s and 30s and 59% are 40 and over.

Paperback: 316 pages
Company: Zagat Survey (2008-11-03)
ISBN: 160478010X
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(Novelette - 14,000 Words)
You’ve heard the song. Now experience the rest of the story—and never hear it the same way again.
Adam Moss is a famous rock star, driving across the Mojave desert on his way back to Los Angeles. When he stops at the Hotel California for the night, he discovers that he has entered a realm where nothing is as it seems.
When Adam meets Maria, a mysterious beauty, he decides to extend his stay by one night - a decision he will soon regret, as Adam finds himself a willing prisoner in a very bizarre place called the Hotel California.

Editor: Magnolia Belle


Author: Donnie Light
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Company: (2011-05-14) (2011-05-14)
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... and other handy stuff for working with people!

This book is designed for anyone who works front of house in a hotel, from porters to managers and beyond and is an indispensable read that covers almost everything you could encounter; from complaint handling and telephone call skills through to dealing with overbooking and room allocations. Comprehensive, yet easy to read and conversational in tone, this book provides a great addition to any in-house training.

It contains one of the most comprehensive sections on complaint handling, both in writing and face to face along with guidelines on best practice, sample scenarios and questions to make you think, making this a fantastic read to help you get to grips with the reception and front of house role. This book covers a vast array of matters and is suitable for both floor-level staff and managers.

Author: Matt Shiells-Jones
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Company: Chocolate Pillow Ltd (2012-01-25) (2012-01-25)
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Frommer's Australia is packed with all the facts, tips, and descriptions you need to have perfect vacation:Completely updated every year, Frommer?s Australia features gorgeous full-color photos of the Outback vistas, curious wildlife, and white-sand beaches that await you.Our authors have lived in and written about Australia for years, so they?re able to provide valuable insights and advice. They?ll steer you away from the touristy and the inauthentic and show you the real heart of the land Down Under. Let them take you to exciting cities, Aboriginal homesteads, Barossa Valley vineyards, and natural wonders, from the Wet Tropics Rainforest to Uluru to the Great Barrier Reef. You?ll travel Australia like a pro using their candid advice and in-depth knowledge of the culture.Also included are accurate regional and town maps, up-to-date advice on finding the best package deals, a free color fold-out map, and an online directory that makes trip-planning a snap!

Author: Lee Mylne, Marc Llewellyn, Ron Crittall, Lee Atkinson
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Author: Richard Lee
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Author: Juliet Kinsman, Sophie Davies
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The journey starts in a desert hotel in the Orient, continues to a luxurious temple in India and fascinating resorts in the Far East, and finally extends to the most chic hotels in the cities of Asia and Australia. In co-operation with Design Hotels Inc., the author has gathered together a collection of unusual addresses for aficionados and lovers of the utmost in exclusivity. In addition to excellent architects and interior designers, the hotels are considered special due to the fine service they offer combined with the very best in creative cuisinc. Best Designed: Hotels in Asia & Australia is not only a selection of the most sumptuous hotels in the Asian-Pacific region, it is also a high-quality guide with numerous insider tips and lavish illustrations.

Author: David Kaufman, Martin Nicholas Kunz
Paperback: 128 pages
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Recognized the world over by frequent flyers and armchair travelers alike, Eyewitness Travel Guides are the most colorful and comprehensive guides on the market. With beautifully commissioned photographs and spectacular 3-D aerial views revealing the charm of each destination, these amazing travel guides show what others only tell.

Author: DK Publishing
Paperback: 616 pages
Company: DK Travel (2010-03-15)
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Wikitravel is one of the most famous Travel Sites in the world. Formatted for the Kindle you can use it during your travelling without a connection to the world wide web. Just have fun with the usual and also unusal tipps and tricks of other travellers around the world.

About the Author: James Malik is a real Globetrotter for the last about 20 years and became a big fan of wikitravel and all its helpful advises.

Author: James Malik
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Includes images of 50 paintings and illustrations by Rex Newell and text describing each location. Drawing in warm color palette that captures that part of the world.

Author: Rex Newell, Jill Bowen
Hardcover: 112 pages Drawings of Austrailian Pubs, Description of each pub
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Author: Carl Ruhen
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Frommer's Complete Guides - IN FULL COLOR America's #1 bestselling travel seriesMore full-color guides than ever beforeFoldout maps in annual guidesOutspoken opinions, exact prices, and insider tipsInternational edition ISBN: 978-1-118-07593-7

Author: Lee Atkinson, Ron Crittall, Marc Llewellyn, Lee Mylne
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2006. The length of the article is 8067 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Measuring service quality and customer satisfaction of the hotels in Malaysia: Malaysian, Asian and non-Asian hotel guests.
Author: Lau Pei Mey
Publication: Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 13 Issue: 2 Page: 144(17)

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Author: Lau Pei Mey, Abdolali Khatibi Akbar, David Yong Gun Fie
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Author: Karen Tei Yamashita
Paperback: 640 pages ISBN13: 9781566892391, Condition: New, Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
Company: Coffee House Press (2010-06-01)
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The goal of this report is to assist managers in gauging a company's financial performance vis--vis firms competing in the same sector, at the global level. In particular, this report covers ASIAN HOTELS LTD., NEW DELHI, INDIA.

With the globalization of markets, greater foreign competition, and the reduction of entry barriers, it becomes all the more important to benchmark a company's performance against other firms on a worldwide basis. Doing so, however, is not an obvious task. First, one needs to find firms competing in the same sector. Second, one needs to control for exchange rate volatility. Finally, one needs use comparable financial standards. This report overcomes these issues and gives full financial benchmarks vis--vis worldwide competitors who are present in the same narrow industrial classification. Benchmarks cover assets, liabilities, income and ratios. Since our reports are printed on demand, the figures available are for the latest quarter and are the most up to date available (4 reports are produced each year).

Author: Icon Group Ltd., Ltd. Icon Group
Ring-bound: 24 pages
Company: Icon Group International (2000-10-31)
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The struggle to save the International Hotel and prevent the eviction of its elderly residents became a focal point in the creation of the contemporary Asian American movement, especially among Filipinos. Like other minorities who were looking for positive models in their past to build an identity movement, Filipino youth found their "roots" in the stories and lives of the "manongs" (respected elders), and the anti-eviction movement became a key site for the formation of a distinct Filipino American consciousness. Estella Habal, a student activist during the anti-eviction protests, relates this history within the context of the broader left politics of the era, the urban housing movement, and San Francisco city politics. Ultimately, the hotel was razed, but a new one now occupies the site and commemorates the residents and activists who fought for low-income housing for the elderly and their right to remain in their own community.

Author: Estella Habal
Paperback: 256 pages
Company: Temple University Press (2008-02-28)
ISBN: 1592134467
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Author: Kim Inglis, Jacob Termansen, Pia Marie Molbech
Paperback: 240 pages
Company: Periplus Editions (2005-09-15)
ISBN: 0794601723
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This digital document is an article from Franchising World, published by International Franchise Association on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1500 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Getting to know the Asian American Hotel Owners Association: with AAHOA's 8,700 members whose ownership is made up of almost 65 percent franchises, and the International Franchise Association comprised of both franchisees and franchisors, it is important that continued dialogue for a healthy franchise system be paramount to both organizations.(Associations)
Author: Fred Schwartz
Publication: Franchising World (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: International Franchise Association
Volume: 37 Issue: 3 Page: 45(3)

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Author: Fred Schwartz
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Company: International Franchise Association (2005-03-01) (2006-07-14)
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A Free Man of Color and His Hotel weaves the story of a uniquely successful black businessman into the burgeoning post–Civil War political struggle that pitted the federal government against the states’ desire to remain autonomous. Born in Washington, D.C., James Wormley worked as a hacker in his father’s livery stable and a steward on Mississippi River steamboats before establishing his own catering and boardinghouse businesses. During a period of limited opportunity for African Americans, he built and operated D.C.’s luxurious Wormley Hotel at a time when most financial and governmental business was conducted in hotels. Not only did a number of notable diplomats and politicians live at the hotel, but because of its location in the commercial and political center of Washington, Wormley also hosted the city’s movers and shakers. Wormley’s rise, however, occurred as three landmark decisions by the Supreme Court effectively dismantled Reconstruction and led to the Plessy v. Ferguson decision that legalized segregation.

This cautionary tale illustrates how key Supreme Court decisions hindered other African Americans’ potential successes after Reconstruction. By examining the issue of states’ rights in terms of one man’s against-the-odds success, Carol Gelderman shows how these same issues are still relevant in a post-segregation nation.

Author: Carol Gelderman
Hardcover: 184 pages
Company: Potomac Books Inc. (2012-02-28)
ISBN: 1597978337
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BONUS: This edition contains a Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet discussion guide.

"Sentimental, heartfelt….the exploration of Henry’s changing relationship with his family and with Keiko will keep most readers turning pages...A timely debut that not only reminds readers of a shameful episode in American history, but cautions us to examine the present and take heed we don’t repeat those injustices."-- Kirkus Reviews

“A tender and satisfying novel set in a time and a place lost forever, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet gives us a glimpse of the damage that is caused by war--not the sweeping damage of the battlefield, but the cold, cruel damage to the hearts and humanity of individual people. Especially relevant in today's world, this is a beautifully written book that will make you think. And, more importantly, it will make you feel."
-- Garth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain

“Jamie Ford's first novel explores the age-old conflicts between father and son, the beauty and sadness of what happened to Japanese Americans in the Seattle area during World War II, and the depths and longing of deep-heart love. An impressive, bitter, and sweet debut.”
-- Lisa See, bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan


In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. As Henry looks on, the owner opens a Japanese parasol.

This simple act takes old Henry Lee back to the 1940s, at the height of the war, when young Henry’s world is a jumble of confusion and excitement, and to his father, who is obsessed with the war in China and having Henry grow up American. While “scholarshipping” at the exclusive Rainier Elementary, where the white kids ignore him, Henry meets Keiko Okabe, a young Japanese American student. Amid the chaos of blackouts, curfews, and FBI raids, Henry and Keiko forge a bond of friendship–and innocent love–that transcends the long-standing prejudices of their Old World ancestors. And after Keiko and her family are swept up in the evacuations to the internment camps, she and Henry are left only with the hope that the war will end, and that their promise to each other will be kept.

Forty years later, Henry Lee is certain that the parasol belonged to Keiko. In the hotel’s dark dusty basement he begins looking for signs of the Okabe family’s belongings and for a long-lost object whose value he cannot begin to measure. Now a widower, Henry is still trying to find his voice–words that might explain the actions of his nationalistic father; words that might bridge the gap between him and his modern, Chinese American son; words that might help him confront the choices he made many years ago.

Set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times in American history, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is an extraordinary story of commitment and enduring hope. In Henry and Keiko, Jamie Ford has created an unforgettable duo whose story teaches us of the power of forgiveness and the human heart.

Author: Jamie Ford
Kindle Edition: 322 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Ballantine Books (2009-01-27) (2009-01-27)
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teNeues Publishing is delighted to have been awarded the prestigious PRIX VILLEGIATURE 2007 for its book Luxury Hotels - Top of the World. This much sought-after Award is the European tourism industry's ultimate distinction for Hotel books. The prize was awarded to teNeues in the course of a formal ceremony in Paris on 22.10.2007. What makes a luxury hotel "top of the world?" The answers might include exquisite linens, museum-quality furniture, stunning surroundings, and of course, impeccable standards and exacting attention to detail. This selection of the world's very best lodgings profiles the ultimate in accommodations across the globe. This generously proportioned addition to teNeues' Luxury Hotels series contains an extensive selection of delectable hotel interiors, exteriors and surroundings. Perhaps only a select few will ever get to stay here, but now many more can dream of doing so. This special double edition is over 400 pages in length.

Hardcover: 400 pages
Company: teNeues (2006-10-31)
ISBN: 3832791434
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Most Asian restaurants are really two restaurants: one where outsiders eat, and one where insiders dine. So how can you become an insider and take full advantage of Asian cuisines?

In this indispensable guide, dining expert Steven A. Shaw proves that you don't have to be Asian to enjoy a VIP experience—you just have to eat like you are. Through entertaining and richly told anecdotes and essays, Asian Dining Rules takes you on a tour of Asian restaurants in North America, explaining the cultural and historical background of each cuisine—Japanese, Chinese, Southeast Asian, Korean, and Indian—and offering an in-depth survey of these often daunting foodways. Here are suggestions for getting the most out of a restaurant visit, including where to eat, how to interact with the staff, be treated like a regular, learn to eat outside the box, and order special off-menu dishes no matter your level of comfort or knowledge.

Steven Shaw—intrepid reporter, impeccable tastemaker, and eater extraordinaire—is the perfect dining companion to accompany you on your journey to find the best Asian dining experience, every time.

Author: Steven A. Shaw
Paperback: 272 pages
Company: William Morrow Cookbooks (2008-10-21) (2008-10-21)
ISBN: 0061255599
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Cool Hotels Europe is an extensive compilation of the most contemporary hotels in Europe, all of which have been chosen because they represent the best in innovative design. Copiously illustrated with hundreds of colour photographs of hotels designed by renowned figures such as Andree Putman, Philippe Starck and Mateo Thun, and accompanied by plans and outlines as well as explanatory captions, this book provides a revealing glimpse into the most fashionable hotels on the continent of Europe.

Paperback: 400 pages
Company: teNeues Publishing Company (2004-09)
ISBN: 3823845829
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This digital document is an article from Airguide Online, published by Pyramid Media Group, Inc on April 13, 2009. The length of the article is 503 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa Europe.
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Airguide Online (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 13, 2009
Publisher: Pyramid Media Group, Inc
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AN ABUNDANTLY ILLUSTRATED FLEXI-COVERED GUIDE TO THE MOST FASHIONABLE HOTELS IN ITALY THAT WILL BE MOST APPRECIATED BY TRAVELERS AND DESIGN PROFESSIONALS.

Author: MARTIN KUNZ
Paperback: 220 pages
Company: teNeues (2008-06-15) (2008-06-15)
ISBN: 3832792341
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MICHELIN Guide Main Cities Europe 2011 helps travelers find great places to eat and stay, with obsessively-researched recommendations to more than 1,700 restaurants and 1,500 hotels covering 44 cities in 20 European countries. This guide, written in English and updated annually, appeals to all tastes and budgets. Local, anonymous, professional inspectors carefully select restaurants, using the celebrated Michelin food star-rating system. The guide is not a directory-only the best make the cut; so travelers can feel confident in their choices.

Author: Michelin Travel & Lifestyle
Paperback: 1020 pages
Company: Michelin Travel & Lifestyle (2011-06-16)
ISBN: 2067153471
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This digital document is an article from Airguide Online, published by Thomson Gale on May 21, 2007. The length of the article is 1605 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Destination News - Car Rental, Destination, Hotel, Rail.(Riviera Holdings appoints Mark Lefever)(Wyndham Hotel rebrands)(Choice Hotels Europe unveils new logo)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Airguide Online (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 21, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: NA

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Company: Thomson Gale (2007-05-21) (2007-05-24)
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Europe's burgeoning contemporary hotel scene draws much attention for its daring and panache. This oversized addition to the successful Cool Hotels series is a selection of the most outstanding examples the continent offers. With designs that intrigue and amuse, these accommodations highlight the absolute best in groundbreaking architecture and design. Stunning photographs showcase bold use of materials, innovative artworks, hip furnishings as well as creative color combinations. Each hotel is a true microcosm of the cutting edge aesthetic.

Author: John Smith
Hardcover: 396 pages
Company: teNeues (2008-09-15) (2008-09-15)
ISBN: 383279235X
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Author: Shelley-Maree Cassidy
Hardcover: 400 pages
Company: Taschen (2002-07-01)
ISBN: 3822858897
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This is the first volume of a series of four on hotels that offer the best in style, service and design - on the most luxurious hotels in the world. Whether traditional or modern, luxury need not be defined in terms of richly decorated formality. The European hotels featured in these pages, both the well-established names and the hidden gems, have been chosen for their distinctive architecture and the tastefulness and simplicity of their interior design. It includes a separate section on business and holiday hotels.

Hardcover: 220 pages
Company: teNeues (2003-10-31)
ISBN: 3823845535
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Author: Jason Campbell
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Company: (2012-01-06) (2012-01-06)
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This latest addition to teNeues' series of luxury hotels around the world takes the reader throughout the Americas; from Vancouver to Rio de Janeiro, from San Francisco to Anguilla. Here you can marvel at sumptuous interiors from the top hotels. From the guest rooms to the lobbies, dining rooms and lavish exteriors and grounds, it's all chronicled in this lushly photographed volume. Whether in the most select city neighborhoods, beachside, or in remote pastoral splendor, these really are the Americas' most luxurious accommodations. Martin N. Kunz has edited several titles in teNeues' best-selling Luxury Books, Designpockets, Cool Restaurants, and architecture & design series. Patricia Mass???? is a PR and Marketing consultant specializing in hotels and tourism. In recent years, she has collaborated on various hotel-themed titles, and was co-editor of teNeues' Luxury Hotels Golf Resorts.

Author: Martin Nicholas Kunz, Patricia Masso, Patrice Farameh
Hardcover: 220 pages
Company: teNeues (2006-10-31)
ISBN: 3832791426
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Author: Darwin Pearl Kingsley
Unknown Binding: 29 pages
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According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, waterfowl hunters spend $1.3 billion annually on their sport. Addressing these hunters' need to find the best place to hunt waterfowl, the new Willow Creek Guide, North America's Greatest Waterfowl Lodges & Outfitters, profiles the best lodges in the U.S., Canada, and Central America. Extensive and reliable information is included in each listing, such as species available, guide services, seasons, licensing, prime dates to visit, accommodations, costs, contact information, acreage and more. Organized by country, region, state and province, the authoritative text equips waterfowl hunters with all they need to know to make an educated choice about the waterfowling destination ideal for them. Freshwater and saltwater species are all covered in this complete guide.

Author: Chuck Petrie
Paperback: 214 pages
Company: Willow Creek Pr (2000-11)
ISBN: 1572233125
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Company: Pyramid Media Group, Inc (2011-10-17) (2011-10-27)
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Castles of the North celebrates the magnificent history of Canada's grand hotels, buildings that are among the country's most recognized and storied landmarks. In Quebec City, the Chateau Frontenac defines the skyline; in the Rockies, the Banff Springs entices visitors to dramatic scenery. Though overshadowed by towering bank buildings, the Royal York in Toronto still holds its own. Some of Canada's earliest draws, the historic grand hotels were also at the social heart of emerging cities from coast to coast.

Lavishly illustrated with 400 photographs, the book is filled with entertaining portraits of the hotels. Uncovered are remarkable stories of the hotels as hosts to dignitaries and celebrities from the King and Queen of Siam to Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt during the World War II Quebec Conferences. The grand hotels were magnets for Saturday night supper dances and Big Band performances, as well as the place to meet for afternoon tea. They were quirky places where the staff knew to expect the unusual as usual, whether serving filet mignon to opera soprano Lily Pons' dog, or clearing a suite of all furniture - except the bed - for John Lennon and Yoko Ono's week-long bed-in for peace. Brought together, the story of the hotels also creates a kaleidoscope of Canada's changing eras and social motes.

Author: Barbara Chisholm
Hardcover: 304 pages
Company: Lynx Images (2001-06)
ISBN: 1894073142
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This new updated sixth edition of the awardwinning North American directory of pet-friendly lodging and howto travel guide tells where to stay and how to vacation with pets in the US and Canada. Choose from over 25,000 pawfriendly resorts, hotels, B&Bs, motels, ranches and historic inns that welcome you and your pet! Beaches, forests,big cities and small, all the best vacation places in every U. S. state and Canadian province are included. Whether your furball is frugal or finicky, you’ll find accommodations to fit every pocketbook and taste (rates, addresses, local and tollfree numbers are included). Howto sections on packing for the pet, travel and lodging guidelines, pet etiquette and everything else you need to know to to avoid barking up the wrong tree are also included.

Author: Eileen Barish
Paperback: 704 pages
Company: Pet Friendly Publications (2006-09)
ISBN: 1884465242
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Author: Pamela Lanier
Paperback: 520 pages
Company: Ten Speed Pr (1996-06)
ISBN: 0898157625
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Over 17 million Americans have discovered the advantages and cost savings of renting a condo or villa at a full-facility resort instead of staying at a hotel. The Burrs rate thousands of properties they have personally inspected--and show how to negotiate discounted rates that can save the consumer anywhere from $600 to $2,000 a week! Maps.

Author: Clinton Burr, Ellen Burr
Paperback: 616 pages
Company: Macmillan General Reference (1993-06)
ISBN: 0671869876
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Author: Rod Fensom
Paperback: 221 pages
Company: East Woods Pr (1985-05)
ISBN: 0887420222
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Whitetail deer are the most popular big game among U.S. hunters who travel extensively in pursuit of their sport. This fifth Willow Creek Guide concentrates on the best whitetail deer lodges and outfitters in North America, organized by country, region, state and province. The reliable and authoritative text provides hunters with all the information they need to make the right choice for the ideal destination. Details include costs, licensing, accommodations, acreage, guides, other activities and surrounding points of interest, along with contact names, addresses and phone numbers.

Author: Jay Cassell, Peter Fiduccia
Paperback: 296 pages
Company: Willow Creek Pr (2001-09-30)
ISBN: 1572233087
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Author: Coral Bracho
Paperback: 64 pages
Company: Ediciones ERA (2007-01-01)
ISBN: 9684116985
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El teatro de Monti se abre a la posibilidad de dos lecturas: una realista y una simbolica. Sin esta ultima, perdemos lo mejor de su obra ya que, a diferencia de los modernos, no busca transmitir ideas, no quiere confirmar una realidad historica conocida, ni tampoco cuestionar o rectificar una verdad con la que no esta de acuerdo. Quiere poner en crisis la concepcion moderna de esa verdad historica. Intenta abrir un espacio de polemica en el teatro nacional y rescata la importancia de la memoria y el olvido en la construccion del presente del pais.

Author: Ricardo Monti, Osvaldo Pellettieri
Paperback: 240 pages
Company: Corregidor (2000-01-01)
ISBN: 9500512777
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Overcrowded and understaffed, Texas prisons are nearing the meltdown stage. It wasn't always that way. A few California lawyers and an activist federal judge ruined what was widely acknowledged as the best prison system in the nation. The old judge reached into the pockets of Texas taxpayers and extracted several billion dollars, forcing Texans to undertake the largest prison expansion program in the history of the world. In this unblinking look at the past and present of Texas prisons, crucial questions are raised: Does the Texas prison system do what the people of Texas want it to do? Does it rehabilitate? Do our prisons make our society safe? Can we win the war on drugs? Is education synonymous with rehabilitation? Will Texas always have a need for the death penalty? You may not agree with the author's answers to these questions, but you won't be able to forget the stark reality of his story. Lon Bennet Glenn began his career with the Texas Prison System in 1966, when at the age of twenty-one he signed on as prison guard at the Clemens Unit in Brazoria County. As he worked his way through the ranks to the position of warden, the prison system underwent tremendous change. Glenn, now of Angleton, Texas, has survived the convicts, the politicians, the press, arbitrary prison administrations, lawyers, and federal courts to tell a story that the public deserves to know.

Author: Lon Bennett Glenn
Paperback: 450 pages
Company: Eakin Press (2001-05)
ISBN: 1571685227
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Author: Ben Box
Hardcover: 1872 pages
Company: Footprint Handbooks (2009-11-24)
ISBN: 1906098719
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Revista independiente de crítica y literatura

Author: Juan Duchesne-Winter
Paperback: 174 pages
Company: CreateSpace (2008-11-25)
ISBN: 1440470243
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It's easy to teach yourself Latin American Spanish!

Complete Latin American Spanish: A Teach Yourself Guide provides you with a clear and comprehensive approach to Latin American Spanish, so you can progress quickly from the basics to understanding, speaking, and writing Latin American Spanish with confidence.

Within each of the 24 thematic chapters, important language structures are introduced through life-like dialogues. You'll learn grammar in a gradual manner so you won't be overwhelmed by this tricky subject. Exercises accompany the texts and reinforce learning in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This program also features current cultural information boxes that reflect recent changes in society.

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One and five-minute introductions to key principles to get you started Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress Extra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of the basics of the language

Author: Juan Kattan-Ibarra
Paperback: 384 pages
Company: McGraw-Hill (2011-01-10)
ISBN: 0071750657
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Author: Juan Kattan-Ibarra
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ISBN: 1444105396
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Revista independiente de escrituras varias radicada en Puerto Rico

Author: Juan Duchesne Winter
Paperback: 132 pages
Company: CreateSpace (2009-05-12)
ISBN: 1442146788
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Lucido y apasionado, provocador y audaz, Habitacion de hotel, el nuevo libro de poemas de Cristina Peri Rossi. Mejor me meto en la cama me abrigo bien -buenas mantas, las del hotel, y ademas, hay calefaccion- y busco una puta en el televisor -conecte con la red privada de pornografia, canal 98, de pago- para no dormir sola esta noche.

Author: Cristina Peri Rossi
Hardcover: 80 pages
Company: Plaza & Janes (2007-02-23)
ISBN: 8401379784
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Unknown Binding: 454 pages
Company: European Space Agency (1994)
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